tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post5553530459495226488..comments2024-03-29T04:10:55.032-07:00Comments on Hawaiian libertarian: Men's Rights Movement? There is no Movement.Keoni Galthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-64386682867388909822011-04-19T09:26:59.740-07:002011-04-19T09:26:59.740-07:00Keoni, great post, my condolences and I'm glad...Keoni, great post, my condolences and I'm glad your writer's block is gone as I'm in the middle of a huge case of it. Alte won't be happy to hear that. I agree with you, it's important to unplug as much as possible but I try to insinuate myself into situations given my chosen profession that can benefit all you guys that I communicate with when I write about them. I also think innocuous acts of rebellion can be just as useful by making yourself a pain in the ass to the Beast without bringing any suspicion on yourself. My best friend is the sixteen penny nail placed in just the right place at the right time.Simon Rierdonhttps://veritasaculeus.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-73433818845258861762011-04-17T06:41:36.904-07:002011-04-17T06:41:36.904-07:00I dare say there is an MRM...it's called Shari...I dare say there is an MRM...it's called Sharia Islam.<br /><br />But it pretty much precludes any one elses rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-84943077099822148832011-04-15T19:57:18.448-07:002011-04-15T19:57:18.448-07:00I know very well what you mean. We had five deaths...I know very well what you mean. We had five deaths in our extended family between November 1 and November 10 last. They were mostly older, but it was still an interesting experience.<br /><br />Anonymous age 69Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-10180305602908237892011-04-15T11:29:07.764-07:002011-04-15T11:29:07.764-07:00Yes, Alte, I still live and breathe!
I agree with...Yes, Alte, I still live and breathe!<br /><br />I agree with HL's statement I highlighted above and I agree with you partially. I simply think that our effforts would bebest served getting people who are already believers to pick up their sacred text- The Bible, familiarize themselves with it, and live it (which will do wonders to change the culture), or cease to call themselves Christians.<br /><br />For those who aren't believers, there are more fundamental thinngs to preach than the political. I'm sure you agree.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-3247110876145892402011-04-14T20:45:03.502-07:002011-04-14T20:45:03.502-07:00avoid the grid when possible. detach yourself from...avoid the grid when possible. detach yourself from lifestyle and material obsession, avoid credit and live off of the grid when possible.*** ********https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712494111698782889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-26404304855455728422011-04-14T13:53:57.694-07:002011-04-14T13:53:57.694-07:00I read Lewis' "Out of the Silent Planet&q...I read Lewis' "Out of the Silent Planet" recently, and it was fascinating the view of Earth from outside.<br /><br />For those who haven't read it, yes, it's fiction, it started out dull, but when I got to the part where you learn why it's called "the Silent Planet", I was electrified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-2304762233155090792011-04-14T11:24:32.726-07:002011-04-14T11:24:32.726-07:00I think going to four funerals in four months of p...<i>I think going to four funerals in four months of people I'm either related to or knew very well has something to do with it.<br /><br />Dare I suggest that facing so much death can make one apathetic about life? That pain can quickly turn into resignation?</i><br /><br />lol - nah, I was saying that's what was responsible for a small case of writer's block I had for awhile.<br /><br />I was a nihilist long before this.<br /><br /><i>Although Armageddon might come, we're not supposed to sit around and twiddle our thumbs while we wait for it.</i><br /><br />Of course not. What we're supposed to do is prepare. Don't worry about trying to "change" anything via the political process. That route is hopeless.Keoni Galthttp://keonigalt@hawaiiandesigns.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-12353558638040203802011-04-14T10:06:26.512-07:002011-04-14T10:06:26.512-07:00As an aside, Dave has pointed out that Hawaii depe...As an aside, Dave has pointed out that Hawaii depends on 90% of its food from off island to support its population.<br /><br />When you consider a massive systemic collapse, the result in Hawaii alone will be horrific.<br /><br />Dave is cognizant of that.<br /><br />It would be well to consider that Hawaii is a microcosm for the kinds of impacts a true collapse would cause.Country Lawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-16379088921820839632011-04-14T10:00:53.631-07:002011-04-14T10:00:53.631-07:00"We'd like to prepare to influence politi..."We'd like to prepare to influence political debate after the collapse. But we can't do that unless we have something halfway coherent to communicate."<br /><br />Alte, you are presuming that you will have the freedom to communicate without persecution on the political. <br /><br />You won't. <br /><br />Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's tale" is not even close to describing what's coming.<br /><br />Nor is there going to be a "debate" after the collapse.<br /><br />One leader. One party. One rule.<br /><br />And quite frankly, the catholic (and other) chuch's meddling in politics and promoting "social justice" is part of reason we are in this awful fix.<br /><br /><br />Jack Amok,<br /><br />There will always be a parasite class. After the collapse it very well could be a landed gentry. And the current ones you think are going to suffer, aren't going to just fade away.<br /><br />And yes it will be horrible. It is always horrible when it happens, read your history.<br /><br />There is going to be a technological backslide, there always is. Feeding the population at its current levels depends on technology.<br /><br />We are going to see the worst humanity has to offer on a scale that will dwarf everything else in history.<br /><br />Now, despite all that, I'm not advocating resignation, but you would be foolish to think that once these chains are undone that men are going to rise up and restore a solid civilization. <br /><br />Life is going to be desperate, brutal and short for most people.<br /><br />Best start think in those terms.Country Lawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-14724580730367740012011-04-14T08:54:18.795-07:002011-04-14T08:54:18.795-07:00Keoni,
I'm in total agreement. Unplugging is ...Keoni,<br /><br />I'm in total agreement. Unplugging is what's required now. That's the most urgent priority.<br /><br />I'm no nihilist either. I will follow Ron Paul's progress in 2012, but that's about the extent of my interest in politics right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-45352838828485115732011-04-14T07:35:00.057-07:002011-04-14T07:35:00.057-07:00Terry? As in Terry Breathing Grace?
I think going...Terry? As in Terry Breathing Grace?<br /><br /><em>I think going to four funerals in four months of people I'm either related to or knew very well has something to do with it.</em><br /><br />Dare I suggest that facing so much death can make one apathetic about life? That pain can quickly turn into resignation?<br /><br />The point isn't that we don't expect the political or economic system to collapse, you know I do. The point is that we don't expect the End of the World to happen anytime soon, and we'd like to prepare to influence political debate after the collapse. But we can't do that unless we have something halfway coherent to communicate.<br /><br />Although Armageddon might come, we're not supposed to sit around and twiddle our thumbs while we wait for it. We are the Church Militant and we're resigned to the struggle to actively fight against the evil in the world. Perhaps it is because I am Catholic, but we do not subscribe to the idea that everyone should just order their own house and then watch everything burn down around them. Order your own house first, and then turn to help your neighbor, your community, your nation, your civilization, your world.Altehttp://www.traditionalcatholicism.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-27095178635914703022011-04-14T03:31:51.946-07:002011-04-14T03:31:51.946-07:00To the religiously devout like Alte, I say to you,...<b>To the religiously devout like Alte, I say to you, this is the fallen world. The domain of the prince of lies. This world is his kingdom, and you will never usurp his kingdom from within. You can only seek to create your own oasis of truth and order life accordingly to avoid the traps and pitfalls deliberately designed to enslave you in some way or another.</b><br /><br />Just this. Profound and true.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-24953084821062696372011-04-14T00:41:32.764-07:002011-04-14T00:41:32.764-07:00Keoni, you're right, it's just truth and l...Keoni, you're right, it's just truth and lies. <br /><br />As far as the crash and burn stuff, yeah, the systemid collapse is all there is, and that won't be pretty. <br /><br />But...but...<br /><br />...it doesn't have to be as ugly as some think. It doesn't have to be a civilizational collapse and a Long Night of barbarism. It just has to be the System going down. Not everything has to go with it.<br /><br />Competent, capable - brave - men willing to pick the rest of humanity up by the scruff of their neck and rebuild can make it a soft crash. Oh, not soft for the parasite classes - nothing can soften the blow coming to them. But for humanity as a whole, just how bad the aftermath will be depends on how many people live the truth, and how well they connect with each other and lay away the foundations for rebuilding now while we can.<br /><br />So many people think the System is indespensible to our prosperity and security. So many believe that if the System crashes we'd be reduced to Mad Max or Lord of the Flies. That's the biggest lie of course. I see it for what it is - the System is a burden, not a boon. What few things of value it gives could be had more cheaply without it. <br /><br />The banking system is such a perfect microcosm of the System itself. We "had" to save the banks or there would be economnic chaos. But ultimately the banks were doing more harm than good to our economy, and if we'd let them crash and burn in 2008, we would probably already be past the chaos and well on our way to rebuilding. Instead we're teetering on yet another cliff of dispair, another day older and deeper in debt. <br /><br />So, truth it is, and no one should be ashamed to want it to crash and burn. Because the flames will be briefer and less painful, and less damaging than the corrosive chains they will burn away.<br /><br />It's up to us to find and save things worth saving.Jack Amoknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-23426132303166787902011-04-13T23:59:35.084-07:002011-04-13T23:59:35.084-07:00Brilliant.Brilliant.Deansdalehttp://deansdale.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-66821235720694728122011-04-13T21:14:24.340-07:002011-04-13T21:14:24.340-07:00"I think going to four funerals in four month..."I think going to four funerals in four months of people I'm either related to or knew very well has something to do with it. "<br /><br />Sorry to hear about that, Keoni. Hang in there man.Leonidashttp://gamingmywife.wordpres.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-6714313384807738952011-04-13T20:32:28.388-07:002011-04-13T20:32:28.388-07:00Thanks, U. I just got back from wasting some time ...Thanks, U. I just got back from wasting some time on that tonal matrix you linked to...lol.Keoni Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-70795847367697320142011-04-13T20:19:10.123-07:002011-04-13T20:19:10.123-07:00Great stuff, Keoni. I've been struggling with ...Great stuff, Keoni. I've been struggling with some of this myself lately. The concept of "a movement" inherently weakens it. Trying to appropriate shady tactics only serves to weaken the message. But you nailed it. There is no movement, only truth. Truth doesn't require movements or bumper stickers. It only requires the masses to open their eyes. <br /><br />Alas, such opening is a tall order. Ergo, your prescription for finding and implementing truth in one's own life. Find that peace and hope that others will see the light.Ulysseshttp://hiddenleaves.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-32588396643485586132011-04-13T19:56:46.637-07:002011-04-13T19:56:46.637-07:00I think you're right, DU.
...the system requi...I think you're right, DU.<br /><br /><i>...the system requires belief. </i><br /><br />The average person's belief is shaped and formed by the continuous consumption of the mass media.Keoni Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-31655924691776120352011-04-13T19:41:47.245-07:002011-04-13T19:41:47.245-07:00That is the great thing; it does not need a moveme...That is the great thing; it does not need a movement. Unlike an optical illusion or conjuring trick, the system requires belief. Like fractional reserve banking, it works until people stop believing.<br /><br />Its great strength becomes its greatest weakness, because widespread belief represents its foundations and pillars. It might not even need an "unplugging" because what is seen cannot be unseen, even a brief peek behind the curtain (e.g., game) is enough to weaken its grip. The red pill transformation of The Matrix was dramatic but for most the trip down the rabbit hole will slow and cautious. Once begun, though, it is a one-way trip; fear, disbelief, or tiredness may cause some to pause part way down, but no one will walk back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-7627601318230905052011-04-13T19:07:04.958-07:002011-04-13T19:07:04.958-07:00I never mind, Simon.I never mind, Simon.Keoni Galthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842553742723239151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4256367009985298221.post-20061321941965255892011-04-13T19:00:45.856-07:002011-04-13T19:00:45.856-07:00"this is the fallen world. The domain of the ..."this is the fallen world. The domain of the prince of lies. This world is his kingdom, and you will never usurp his kingdom from within. You can only seek to create your own oasis of truth and order life accordingly to avoid the traps and pitfalls deliberately designed to enslave you in some way or another."<br /><br />Pure gold, man. Pure gold.<br /><br />Hope you don't mind this going up on my blog.Simon Greyhttp://www.cygne-gris.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com